xxxi, 326 pages : 26 cm

"This book presents the lives and literary contributions of famous and unfamiliar poets alike. Concise personal and professional information, including awards, covers such poets as: Maya Angelou, N. Scott Momaday, Leslie Marmon Silko, Rita Dove, Gary Soto, Pat Mora, Derek Walcott, and more." "Readers are also introduced to the major works and thematic concerns of such lesser-known poets as Luci Tapahonso, Li-Young Lee, and Jimmy Santiago Baca. A dozen different ethnic backgrounds are represented, including Asian American, African American, Jewish American, American Indian, Latino/a, and Palestinian American. Full bibliographic information following each entry will help users locate the collections and anthologies where the cited poems can easily be found."--Jacket

Includes bibliographical references and index

African American: Maya Angelou -- Amiri Baraka -- Gwendolyn Brooks -- Lucille Clifton -- Wanda Coleman -- Rita Dove -- Mari Evans -- Nikki Giovanni -- June Jordan -- Etheridge Knight -- Yusef Komunyakaa -- Marilyn Nelson -- Quincy Troupe -- Ishmael Reed -- Sonia Sanchez

American Indian: Sherman Alexie -- Paula Gunn Allen -- Beth Brant -- Joseph Bruchac -- Daine Glancy -- Joy Harjo -- Linda Hogan -- Maurice Kenny -- N. (Navarre) Scott Momaday -- Duane Niatum -- Simon J. Ortiz -- Wendy Rose -- Leslie Marmon Silko -- Mary TallMountain -- Luci Tapahonso

Asian American: Ai -- Nick Carbo -- Diana Chang -- Marilyn Chin -- Jessica Hagedorn -- Garrett Kaoru Hongo -- Lawson Fusao Inada -- Li-Young Lee -- Shirley Geok-lin Lim -- James Matseo Mitsui -- Janice Mirikitani -- David Mura -- Cathy Song -- Jose Garcia Villa -- Mitsuye Yamada

East Indian American: Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

Irish American: Eamon Grennan -- Galway Kinnell -- Paul Muldoon

Italian American: Dana Gioia

Jewish American: Marjorie Agosin -- Enid Dame -- Irena Klepfisz -- Linda Pastan -- Marge Piercy -- Gerald Stern

Latino/Latina American: Marjorie Agosin -- Jack Agueros -- Julia Alvarez -- Gloria Anzaldua -- Jimmy Santiago Baca -- Lorna Dee Cervantes -- Sandra Cisneros -- Judith Ortiz Cofer -- Victor Hernandez Cruz -- Martin Espada -- Tato Laviera -- Pat Mora -- Leroy V. Quintana -- Alberto Alvaro Rios -- Gary Soto

Palestinian American: Suheir Hammad -- Naomi Shihab Nye

Polish American: Irena Klepfisz -- Czeslaw Milosz

Slavic American: Charles Simic

West Indian American: Derek Walcott

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